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The world of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill s film 23 Jump Street might merge with the Men in Black franchise for a crossover film 23 Jump Street-Men in Black . James Bobin, director of The Muppets and Flight of the Conchords , is in early talks to direct the action comedy, said sources, adding that Sony Pictures Studios plans to start its production in June, reports variety.com. However, a spokesman for the studio had no comment regarding the news.

Hill and Tatum will return to reprise their roles as Jenko and Schmidt, respectively. They are also producing the film. As for Agent Jay and Agent Kay, makers have already made it clear Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will not be reprising the roles they made famous, as the studio is aiming to relaunch the franchise with younger and fresher faces.

Bobin will reportedly be stepping in for Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who directed the first two movies but are unable to direct the crossover due to their commitment to the Han Solo , which they re helming at Disney.

The idea of intertwining both franchises into one film came to light during the Sony hack crisis in the winter of 2014 when a leaked email from former co-chair Amy Pascal surfaced, containing information regarding Hill s involvement in the hybrid.

The European Commission, or the executive body of the European Union (EU), unveiled its energy security package with necessary proposals to equip the EU for global energy transition as well as to be prepared for possible energy supply interruptions. The package sets out a wide range of measures to strengthen the EU s resilience to gas supply disruptions, Xinhua cited a commission statement as saying on Tuesday. These measures include moderating energy demand, increasing energy production in Europe (including from renewables), further developing a well-functioning and fully integrated internal energy market, and diversification of energy sources, suppliers and routes.

Furthermore, the proposals bring more transparency to the European energy market and create more solidarity between the EU member states, the statement said. Energy security dimension is one of the cornerstones of the energy union strategy, a key political priority of the Juncker commission. Today s package focuses on the security of our supply but touches upon all three overarching goals.

The commission said it calls on the European Parliament and the council of the EU to turn Tuesday s proposals into legislation very quickly as a matter of priority to increase Europe s resilience to potential energy disruptions.

Police on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it was likely to file a chargesheet within 15 days in the sexual harassment case registered in February last year against environmentalist R.K. Pachauri by a former TERI colleague. Delhi Police said it has prepared the draft chargesheet which is now being scrutinised by the prosecution branch.

Justice S.P. Garg, who is hearing a plea filed by the complainant seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Pachauri, asked police to submit the file related to the case by February 15. Justice Garg also reserved the order on the complainant s plea.

During a brief hearing on Thursday, advocate Prashant Mediratta, appearing for the complainant, told the court that one TERI employee, who has now resigned, had filed a police complaint on January 12 saying senior officials of TERI were pressurising him to have the matter settled by the woman with Pachauri. Delhi Police, represented by Sanjay Lau, told the court that the colleague of the 29-year-old woman research analyst approached police and said that in July 2015, TERI director Sanjay Joshi called him to his office and asked him to talk to the woman if the matter can be settled out of court. The researcher told police that area convener Reena Singh had also spoken to him saying that he must reach out to his woman friend and get her to settle the matter out of court.

Lau said the researcher also said that in October last year, director Alok Adholeya had also spoken to him on the same issue. On being interrogated, Joshi said it was a very casual conversation with the researcher to save the image of the organisation before the media , police said. Joshi said he was never asked by Pachauri and any other person of TERI to talk about settling the matter and he had not pressurised him, police said in their affidavit.

Adholeya could not be examined because he is currently out of India, police said. Reena Singh was also interrogated in her office, and she said she never talked about any settlement, police said in their status report. Police also said the researcher told them that TERI offiacials never pressurised him.

Advocate Ramesh Gupta, appearing for Pachauri, told the court that TERI officials did not talk to the man on Pachauri s behalf, adding that he never exercised any pressure upon TERI and its officials . After the woman employee filed a sexual harassment complaint, Pachauri denied the charge but stepped down as chairperson of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in February last year and proceeded on leave from TERI where he was the director general. Later, Pachauri was removed as TERI head in July and Ajay Mathur appointed in his place.

In November, the woman researcher who accused him of sexual harassment quit her job at TERI, alleging she was treated badly.

TERI denied the charge.

Pachauri has now been appointed executive vice chairman of the organisation despite the ongoing inquiry in the sexual harassment case.